Re: Bob M, I need your help

Posted by Hugh MacKay on July 22, 2007 at 08:46:09 from (209.226.106.121):

In Reply to: Re: Bob M, I need your help posted by El Toro on July 22, 2007 at 05:25:02:

Hal: I can agree with that, however it doesn't take a whole lot of charge to start them.

Just last year, I went to my shop, 130 was stone dead, switch left on. Now, we wont discuss the stupid old guy that left the switch on. I looked at the points, luckily they must have been open, no damage. This was winter with temps just below freezing. I tried cranking and very quickly saw I had no fire, could tell by the feel of the crank. My jump cables were not at home, so what to do. I had two 8' No. 12 wires with aligator clips, I've used in the past for test work. The 140 was close enough I coupled the two batteries +to+ and -to- with the No.12 wires, back to the crank and she fired right up.

I can tell you, when my 130 and 300 ampmeters went, I did believe initially it was a charging problem. No way, both batteries were at full charge.

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• Re: Bob M, I need your help Paul Shuler 22:59:24 07/22/07 (0)

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